Tribute System And Rulership In Late Imperial China
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Tribute System And Rulership In Late Imperial China
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Author : Ralph Kauz
language : en
Publisher: V&R Unipress
Release Date : 2022-04-11
Tribute System And Rulership In Late Imperial China written by Ralph Kauz and has been published by V&R Unipress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-11 with History categories.
Demanding and offering tribute is a most common feature in human societies and nothing special to China. In the course of the development of Neolithic and later societies social classes have developed where persons who achieved superior positions first could demand 'presents' or tribute from neighboring societies they defeated and then, with the assistance of sturdy 'servants' from their own people. China was certainly no exception to that principle and one of the first terms for tax was thus 'gong', tribute. In China's early, 'feudatory' social system, tribute was demanded from lower political entities, and the mutual 'political' relations were already highly developed during the Zhou dynasty (1045–256 BCE). This system of 'inner Chinese' relations became a sort of matrix when China expanded and achieved contact with countries which were more or less independent, and thus the 'tribute system' evolved. The individual case studies in this volume focus on the latest manifestations of the tribute system in late Imperial China.
The Grain Tribute System Of China 1845 1911
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Author : Harold C. Hinton
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1956-06-30
The Grain Tribute System Of China 1845 1911 written by Harold C. Hinton and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956-06-30 with History categories.
The Grain Tribute System, which transported rice from the Yangtze Valley to the Ch'ing capital, Peking, declined as an institution during the nineteenth century. This thorough investigation connects the collapse of the waterway and the grain transported with the eventual fall of the Chinese empire a century later.
National Polity And Local Power
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Author : Tu-gi Min
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1989
National Polity And Local Power written by Tu-gi Min and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
Despite efforts to attain a more balanced approach, Western historians have largely interpreted China's modern period in terms of China's 'response to the West.' This book, by a scholar who is neither Chinese nor Western, goes far to set the balance right. Min Tu-ki, Korea's leading Sinologist, shows how China's own internal agenda has conditioned Chinese political life during the transition to modernity.
Sacred Mandates
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Author : Timothy Brook
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2018-05-21
Sacred Mandates written by Timothy Brook and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-21 with History categories.
Contemporary discussions of international relations in Asia tend to be tethered in the present, unmoored from the historical contexts that give them meaning. Sacred Mandates, edited by Timothy Brook, Michael van Walt van Praag, and Miek Boltjes, redresses this oversight by examining the complex history of inter-polity relations in Inner and East Asia from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, in order to help us understand and develop policies to address challenges in the region today. This book argues that understanding the diversity of past legal orders helps explain the forms of contemporary conflict, as well as the conflicting historical narratives that animate tensions. Rather than proceed sequentially by way of dynasties, the editors identify three “worlds”—Chingssid Mongol, Tibetan Buddhist, and Confucian Sinic—that represent different forms of civilization authority and legal order. This novel framework enables us to escape the modern tendency to view the international system solely as the interaction of independent states, and instead detect the effects of the complicated history at play between and within regions. Contributors from a wide range of disciplines cover a host of topics: the development of international law, sovereignty, state formation, ruler legitimacy, and imperial expansion, as well as the role of spiritual authority on state behavior, the impact of modernization, and the challenges for peace processes. The culmination of five years of collaborative research, Sacred Mandates will be the definitive historical guide to international and intrastate relations in Asia, of interest to policymakers and scholars alike, for years to come.
Imperial Rulership And Cultural Change In Traditional China
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Author : Frederick P. Brandauer
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Imperial Rulership And Cultural Change In Traditional China written by Frederick P. Brandauer and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with History categories.
This volume examines the role of dynastic rulers, the imperial system, and the ruling literati in the promotion and shaping of Chinese thought and culture. It includes ten papers chosen for publication from a conference held in Taiwan in September 1992: “Determining Orthodoxy: Imperial Roles” by Jack L. Dull; “Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s Portrayal of the First Ch’in Emperor” by Stephan Durrant; “The Literary Emperor: The Case of Han Wu-ti” by David R. Knechtges; “Empress Wu and Feminist Sentiments in T’ang China” by Chen Jo-shui; “Academies: Official Sponsorship and Suppression” by Thomas H. C. Lee; “Imperial Power and The Reestablishment of Monastic Order in the Northern Sung” by Huang Chi-chiang; “Imperial Rulership in Cultural History: Chu Hsi’s Interpretation” by Huang Chun-chieh; “The Emperor and the Star Spirits: A Mythological Reading of the Shui-hu chuan” by Frederick P. Brandeur; “Ku Yen-wu’s Image and Ideal of the Emperor: A Cultural Giant and Political Dwarf” by Ku Wei-ying; and “Imperial Power and the Appointment of Provincial Governors in Ch’ing China” by R. Kent Guy. It will be of interest to students of Chinese culture including literature, art, religion, philosophy, and politics.
The Art Of Being Governed
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Author : Michael Szonyi
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-28
The Art Of Being Governed written by Michael Szonyi and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-28 with History categories.
An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the army. The complex strategies they developed to manage their responsibilities suggest a new interpretation of an important period in China’s history as well as a broader theory of politics. Using previously untapped sources, including lineage genealogies and internal family documents, Szonyi examines how soldiers and their families living on China’s southeast coast minimized the costs and maximized the benefits of meeting government demands for manpower. Families that had to provide a soldier for the army set up elaborate rules to ensure their obligation was fulfilled, and to provide incentives for the soldier not to desert his post. People in the system found ways to gain advantages for themselves and their families. For example, naval officers used the military’s protection to engage in the very piracy and smuggling they were supposed to suppress. Szonyi demonstrates through firsthand accounts how subjects of the Ming state operated in a space between defiance and compliance, and how paying attention to this middle ground can help us better understand not only Ming China but also other periods and places. Combining traditional scholarship with innovative fieldwork in the villages where descendants of Ming subjects still live, The Art of Being Governed illustrates the ways that arrangements between communities and the state hundreds of years ago have consequences and relevance for how we look at diverse cultures and societies, even today.
Conflict And Control In Late Imperial China
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Author : American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization
language : en
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press
Release Date : 1975
Conflict And Control In Late Imperial China written by American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Studies of Chinese Civilization and has been published by Berkeley : University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with History categories.
The Grain Tribute System Of China
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Author : Harold C. Hinton
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1956
The Grain Tribute System Of China written by Harold C. Hinton and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Grain tribute (China) categories.
Preliminary Material -- Early Development and Organization -- The Crisis in the Grain Tribute System (1845-65) -- The Partial Revival and Final Collapse of the Grand Canal Grain Tribute System (1865-1901) -- The Sea Transport System -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
Controlling The Dragon
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Author : Randall A. Dodgen
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2001
Controlling The Dragon written by Randall A. Dodgen and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The Yellow River has long been viewed as a symbol of China's cultural and political development, its management traditionally held as a gauge of dynastic power. This work examines long-term efforts to manage the river, and the nature of the bureaucracy created to do the job.
Mourning In Late Imperial China
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Author : Norman Kutcher
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-02
Mourning In Late Imperial China written by Norman Kutcher and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-02 with History categories.
To win the approval of China's native elites, Qing China's new Manchu leaders developed an ambitious plan to return Confucianism to civil society by observing laborious and time-consuming mourning rituals, the touchstones of a well-ordered Confucian society. The first to do so in any language, Norman Kutcher's study of mourning looks beneath the rhetoric to demonstrate how the state--unwilling to make the sacrifices that a genuine commitment to proper mourning demanded--quietly but forcefully undermined, not reinvigorated, the Confucian mourning system.